Two "diggers" crash in Scotland

[Honest john]

If the brake disc should break then the piston is going to pop out losing pressure on the pedal. Simple really.

 

[Jetemp]

@Honest john i agree the pedal will feel different but there won't be no pedal

 

[Speedstar]

@Honest john i agree the pedal will feel different but there won't be no pedal

What every you say, Been there got the T shirt,, It will empty every thing

 

[Hilly]

Do these fastracks not have a sensor in the brake reservoir?
Fendt dash lights up like a Christmas tree if the fluid is a little low.

Yes they have a light, mines 16 years old and only needed topped up once, it emptyed one res for no reason, typical fastarc they can do the odd weird thing now and a again

 

[7610 super q]

Sounds like Fastracks should be limited to 30k....
Lorries for roads, tractors for fields.
20 years ago an excavator was a rare sight. Now every other vehicle on the road is an excavator on a trailer. WTF.

 

[Hilly]

Sounds like Fastracks should be limited to 30k....
Lorries for roads, tractors for fields.
20 years ago an excavator was a rare sight. Now every other vehicle on the road is an excavator on a trailer. WTF.

Not at all they have great brakes easily serviced etc etc much better than ordinary tractor, fastarcs and diggers here all but stopped they all have or hire trucks now and quite right fastracs not designed to tow diggers, anyone shifting plant with a fastrac is waiting for jail these days.

 

[Flyingscotsman]

Irrespective of the brakes and systems employed on a FT , the max permitted vertical download on a UK PUH is 3 tonnes and maybe a contributing factor as to why the two units separated . Outfits like this need to be on a Rockinger clevice or a K80 ball fixed on a ladder hitch arrangement .

 

[roscoe erf]

you cant beat a 5th wheel

 

[Zebbedee]

you cant beat a 5th wheel

But not on a dolly

 

[roscoe erf]

But not on a dolly

i don't know they have their place it sorts the men from the boys

 

[joe soapy]

there seem some confusion on air, some cylinders are spring applied/air off and ofter fitted to 1 axel on
a lorry, others are balanced with air both sides as often seen on artic trailers...

 

[mf298]

Has anybody heard of any updates as to what may have happened here? heard plenty stories................. !

 

[Speedstar]

Yes , but can not be put on here, will pm you if you want to know